making our economy more ‘circular’
Used mattresses constitute a problematic waste stream because of their weight and bulkiness and the sheer number that gets disposed of every year. For example, it has been estimated that, between 2016 and 2020, the UK disposed of on average seven million mattresses annually.* Based on this estimate, it can be ascertained that tens of millions of mattresses are disposed of every year in Southeast Asia.
The problem is worsened by the fact that mattress recycling is uneconomical due to the low economic value of the materials that can be recovered from used mattresses and the high logistic cost of used mattress collection. Most mattresses end up in landfills, openly incinerated, and polluting the environment.
We help solve these issues by including used mattress retrieval and recycling costs in our monthly subscription fees and by retrieving used mattresses at the end of every subscription for recycling purpose free of charge.
We stand to help reduce the global warming, air pollution and human non-carcinogenic toxicity impacts resulting from the production, use and disposal of mattresses by at least 31%, 28% and 24% respectively.**
Our ultimate goal is to reduce the amount of waste in the production and consumption systems and ensure that our finite resources are used more productively, thereby driving our society towards a more sustainable, Circular Economy.
Come join us on this journey.
*End of Life Mattress Report 2022 by the National Bed Federation (UK); Oakdene Hollins, September 2022
**Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) of Circular Economy-based Product-As-A-Service Business Models: Mattresses for Hotel Businesses by the Technology and Informatics Institute for Sustainability (TIIS), National Science and Technology Development Agency (NSTDA), January 2024
so far, so good
**In standard size equivalence by volume (107 x 198 x 24 cm.)
***Amount of materials from all used rented products that will eventually be recycled.
We will save millions of mattresses from entering landfills and polluting the environment over the next decades.
A second life will be given to at least 90% of the components reclaimed from used mattresses, thereby increasing the productivity of all the materials involved.
By giving a new life to used materials, we will help minimise the amount of virgin materials that has to be extracted from nature.
By minimising the extraction of virgin materials, we will reduce the amount of energy required by the production system, and thus greenhouse gas emissions.
recycling and upcycling a mattress
Mattresses are disassembled and their components separated and organised by type.
our green bonds
We issued our first green bonds in Thailand in December 2021 under the Private Placement-10 (PP-10) scheme and in accordance with the International Capital Market Association (ICMA) Green Bond Principles to support the expansion of our business.
Click on the links to download our green bond framework and the independent external review on our green bond issuance.